31 August, 2011

Birth of 'The Goosle'

Kaaron Warren is running a great series called 'Sparks' over at her blog, all about how different authors' stories/novels got started, the things that set them off, started them wondering.

She's just now put up my spark, which is the story, simple enough, of how my Hansel-and-Gretel story 'The Goosle' began. How one small dictionary entry could turn into so much unpleasantness...I know, it's amazing, isn't it?

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...

I would love to learn some of the interests that inspire authors, whenever I read a book such as a series I always wonder how they came up with it. Especially a series where everything comes together in the end.

You should definitely go over to Kaaron's site (see the link in the post), and have a look at the 'Sparks' series of posts from different authors. You should also look at Justine Larbalestier's blog, where she has talked quite a bit about her Magic or Madness trilogy.

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I write fiction. My latest novel is Zeroes, the first book of the Zeroes trilogy (YA fantasy), a collaboration with Scott Westerfeld and Deborah Biancotti. My novel Sea Hearts is published as The Brides of Rollrock Island in the UK and the US. I've also written Tender Morsels and five short story collections: White Time, Black Juice, Red Spikes, Yellowcake and Cracklescape.